When the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West plays Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, you might spot a familiar face onstage. Senior Airman Isaac Lamar of Santa Rosa plays saxophone with the band. He’s a 1998 graduate of Piner High School and also received an [...]
The Rodney Strong concert series presents eight-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz on Aug. 17. The concert starts at 5 p.m. at the vineyard, 11455 Old Redwood Highway, just south of Healdsburg. Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot also will perform. Koz’s new CD, "Dave Koz and Friends [...]
The Italian pop opera trio, IL VOLO, plans a nationwide U.S. Live Nation tour from Aug. 25 to Sept. 29, which will bring them to Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27. The group features Piero Barone, 20, Ignazio Borschetto, 18, and Gianluca Gioble, [...]
Most of the press attention given to entertainers so far at this year’s Sonoma County Fair has gone to the country acts — Hunter Hayes and Florida Georgia Line. But let’s not overlook a stellar line-up slated for Aug. 9 in the Chris Beck Arena at the fairgrounds in Santa [...]
Do you like music? Do you like BBQ? Do you like Monty Python? Do you like being silly in the street? That’s how the web site for the Toad in the Hole Pub in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square pitches "Mostly Python," its fifth annual block party and street [...]
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts plans a free concert by the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25. Tickets are free, but reservations are required. Order forms are available at wellsfargocenterarts.org, or the center’s ticket office at 50 Mark West [...]
The Transcendence Theatre Company will present two-time Tony Award-winning acress and singer Sutton Foster in concert Thursday, Aug. 1, at Jack London Historic State Park in Glen Ellen. Foster, best-known on Broadway for her Tony Award-winning performances in “Anything Goes” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” also originated leading roles [...]
For nine years, the Traditional Ragtime And Dixieland Jazz Appreciation & Strutters Society, booked jazz bands into the Last Day Saloon the first Sunday of every month. That ended in May, when Dave Daher, owner of the Railroad Square nightclub, announced his retirement and closed the venue. But TRAD JASS, [...]
Singer and songwriter Maia Sharp, who has recorded five solo albums, including last year’s “Change the Ending,” will perform Thursday, July 25, in Sebastpol. In addition to her solo career, she has written songs for and collaborated with Cher, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark, Bonnie Raitt, Edwin McCain [...]
The Randy Travis concert scheduled for Aug. 21 at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa has been canceled. The country singer remained in critical condition from brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital. The center will issue refunds for all tickets that have [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.